#national interests

Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq through Turkey? ↗

— Roger Wicker

#about #allies #because #cause #did

I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests and they see in many cases multi-lateral institution as the best way to do that. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#best #best way #cases #countries #i

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#capability #figure #fully #good #interests

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#human #human rights #interests #national #national interests

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability. ↗

— Li Peng

#co-operation #engage #interests #international #national

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #contributes #interests #national #national interests

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#european #identical #interests #national #national interests

In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

#get #global #global warming #i #i think

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #american #been #conflict #intelligence

Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament. ↗

— Shaukat Aziz

#any #consultation #decision #due #interests